Today #Asia #Pacific counties have achieved a great milestone endorsing the Joint Position Paper to accelerate actions to address #antimicrobialresistance

AMR is one of the top ten global public health threats, action is needed to curb the crisis

Happy to participate in the #SECURE meeting. It’s World Health Organization (WHO) Global Antibiotic R&D Partnership (GARDP) initiative to expand #access to exist & new #antibiotics

Today, I was privileged to be among the panel members of the “Building AMR surveillance systems” meeting organized by The Fleming Fund & Mott MacDonald. I emphasized lab capacity, data management and surveillance sites as the core AMR surveillance components.

Do you know what is #AntimicrobialResistance? Educate yourself. Advocate and act now❗️

Antibiotics and other antimicrobials are life-savers! ⚠️ We are losing these life-savers by misusing and overusing them. We all need to ACT NOW to arrest and reverse antimicrobial resistance. Let these life-savers continue to save lives.

Highlight from the United Nations HLM on #AMR - The “One health anthem” from the absolutely brilliant ⁦Lifeline Musical⁩ - the story of Fleming, penicillin and present day drug resistant infections ⁦- thanks to ⁩ ⁦Prof. Dame Sally Davies⁩ ⁦BSAC⁩

South-East Asian countries #India, #Indonesia, #Maldives #Thailand endorsed #JeddahDeclaration #AntimicrobialResistance SEAR countries have NAPs, enrolled to #GLASS improving #IPC, #WASH and #stewardship and endorsed #AsiaPacificJointPositionPaper&#PoliticalDeclaration on #AMR

Did you know❓ Good hand hygiene can limit the spread of #infections. #AntimicrobialResistance #WAAW2024

Amid #WAAW2024 week, it’s been great hosting #AMR Surv, Prev and Contrl (SPC) Director, Yvan Hutin. Excellent brainstorming to align 3 #WHO levels to support countries better. Thanks Yvan for the valuable time with us.

On #WorldTBDay, Regional Director Saima Wazed emphasizes on greater investment and holistic approach to #endTB.

Gloves or no gloves, that’s not the question! It’s always hand hygiene youtu.be/8xnUk35MFdU

WHO statement on autism-related issues The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy. Globally, nearly 62

Read our new research assessing challenges facing #IPC & #healthcare #epidemiologists in#LMICs. gh.bmj.com/cgi/content/fu…

Antimicrobial resistance (#AMR) is no longer a silent pandemic. It is already reversing decades of progress in global health, particularly in Asia and the Pacific, home to over half of the world’s 🌏 population. The crisis is accelerating: 1⃣ in 6⃣ laboratory-confirmed bacterial

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